{"ops":[{"insert":"Constructed from the LoreHold Legacies Preconstructed Deck, and expanded with cards from other related sets such as Lost Caverns, and Dominaria-The Brother's War. The Deck Functions around "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Quintorius Kand"}},{"insert":" , specifically "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Quintorius, Loremaster"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Quintorius, Field Historian"}},{"insert":" (my copy of Field Historian is in a different language from the rest of the deck. I might trade it for the english copy later on.) the deck is themed around the spirits of History and Archeology, using cards such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Reconstruct History"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wake the Past"}},{"insert":" to conduct the archeological theme. the deck uses a healthy combination of spirits and artifacts because of the importance of history to the deck's function. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Returned Pastcaller"}},{"insert":" is a spirit that takes a stone form and helps recover Wake the past or Reconstruct History, which then allows Quintorius and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blood Age General"}},{"insert":" to generate value. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Laelia, the Blade Reforged"}},{"insert":" is a flavorful inclusion that gains value from "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lorehold Excavation"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thrilling Discovery"}},{"insert":" , exiling cards from either the graveyard or library which will strengthen Laelia. Additionally, Quintorius Loremaster creates a token spirit when you exile a card with him at the end of the turn. this cycles with generating smaller spirits and spirit tokens, that "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Quintorius, Loremaster"}},{"insert":" can sacrifice to recur spells which he exiled from the graveyard himself. Lorehold Excavation and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Archaeomancer's Map"}},{"insert":" generate addition value early into the game by sourcing additional lands and building up the graveyard for Quintorius. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Semester's End"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kayla's Reconstruction"}},{"insert":" create midgame value and provide sustainability against more aggressive strategies. the new set enhances the possibilities, but forces thinning to optimize the deck's function. first off, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Spirit of Resilience"}},{"insert":" adds to the benefit of graveyard recursion, similar to Laelia. Interestingly, Quintorius Kand gains a new purpose whenever the commander is absent from the board because of the passive effect of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Quintorius Kand"}},{"insert":" if I make use of the "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Flashback"}},{"insert":" spell in addition to the Flashback mechanic. Because of the Legend rule, it is impossible to stack the effects of the Quintorius Loremaster card with the passive damage effect of the planeswalker card. The same rule applies for Field Historian Quintorius, who is essentially an anthem card for the spirit tokens and creatures throughout the deck. That same Quintorius Loremaster is in conflict with Quintorius History Chaser as well, since each version of the planeswalker will passively generate a 3/2 spirit token, Loremaster in particular only generates this token once during your turn, while the other three versions can generate this value multiple times in a single turn cycle. Loremaster has the best board state value if he's able to stay on the field for multiple turn cycles, though you do need to invest a large amount of spirits and mana to utilize this value effectively. As of this point in time, I cannot think of or justify reason to remove any of the four Quintorius cards from the deck list. It is especially difficult to justify doing so in Commander specifically since each of them act as a core element of the deck's main strategy, and it is currently hard to guarantee that I'll draw a Quintorius consistently across multiple games. Quintorius Loremaster and Quintorius Kand are especially important for their synergy with Laelia and Spirit of Resilience, while the other two versions of Quintorius draw their synergy to recursion enablers in the same manner as Laelia and Resilience do. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Charging Strifeknight"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Restoration Seminar"}},{"insert":" are tempting inclusions over previously evaluated items like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Crystal Barricade"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Caparocti Sunborn"}},{"insert":" , which give allegiant benefits to artifact cards, but the strength of the deck is in recursion and spirit tokens, so Crystal Barricade's player-hexproof is a strong sideboard benefit, but there's not enough space for "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Startled Relic Sloth"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Relic Retriever"}},{"insert":" . "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Quintorius, History Chaser"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Living History"}},{"insert":" are thematic and beneficial to the spirit-token core and recursion cycle, but "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Student of Warfare"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Yotian Medic"}},{"insert":" , "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Relic Sloth"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Intrusive Packbeast"}},{"insert":" lose their place in the decklist in the Secrets of Strixhaven release because their contribution is felt less when compared with the newer cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tablet of Discovery"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hardened Academic"}},{"insert":" . Meanwhile "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lorehold Charm"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lorehold Command"}},{"insert":" were considered respectively, but they hold less purpose for me when compared to "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Geological Appraiser"}},{"insert":" from lost caverns and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Essence of Antiquity"}},{"insert":" from Murders at Karlov Manor. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Illustrious Wanderglyph"}},{"insert":" was previously considered for city's blessing and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Unstable Glyphbridge // Sandswirl Wanderglyph"}},{"insert":" for the archeological theme and the board control ability of the card. Similarly to Caparocti Sunborn, however, neither of the two Wanderglypgh creatures seem to retain high synergy with the evolving decklist. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Illustrious Historian"}},{"insert":" doesn't have inherent value, unless located in the graveyard and the recursion engine is in full gear, compared to "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Make Your Mark"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fuming Effigy"}},{"insert":" . Both "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Goldfury Strider"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bronze Guardian"}},{"insert":" hold value outside of their artifact synergy, though costly combos like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tocasia's Welcome"}},{"insert":" with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kayla's Reconstruction"}},{"insert":" have more potential with quintorius but Tocasia's welcome could be a non-bo since spirit tokens fit the power requirement but cost no mana inherently. evaluating further, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Trusty Packbeast"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Digsite Engineer"}},{"insert":" fall short without more artifacts like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Digsite Conservator"}},{"insert":" but "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thousand Moons Infantry"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Story Seeker"}},{"insert":" will lose their places over keeping "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Excavation Technique"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stonebound Mentor"}},{"insert":". another card worth considering is "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stonebinder's Familiar"}},{"insert":". I feel like the deck is too cluttered to justify "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Excava, the Risen Past"}},{"insert":" , and while I considered "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Excavation Elephant"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Excavation Explosion"}},{"insert":" for the precon upgrade around the time of lost caverns, neither had enough value for their inclusion to begin with. \n"}]}